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J. s. BULLARD.

Butter Mold.

No. 54,054. Patented ril 17, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BULLARD, OF OHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO O. BULLARD & SONS,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN BUTTER-MOLDS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 54,054, dated April 17,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. S. 'BULLARD, of Chagrin Falls, in the countyofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Manufacture of Butter-Mold Shells; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and complete description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mold.Fig. 2 is a front view with the stamp and handle removed. Fig. 3is asideview of the shell. Fig. 4 is a vertical section. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the tool used in forming the inside of the shell.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

My improvement consists in making molds of a uniform definite size byone continuous operation. as hereinafter described, being a new articleof manufacture.

In the drawings, A is the shell. B is the handle, to which is screwed orconnected the the stamp O.

The block of which the shell is made is first hewn out and chucked. Thetool which is shown in Fig. 5 is then used, in the manner described in apatent for said tool granted June 14, 1864, which makes it smooth andeven, as shown in the drawings.

The ordinary shells are made with a hook by boring it out until it is ofthe right form and taper; but where this tool is used it can be donemuch quicker, and with more case, less cost, and better, the shellsbeing always of theuniform size and taper.

The weight of the butter that can be put into each shell will be aboutthe same, in accordance with the capacity of the shell.

The stamp O is put into the shell, and the handle Bis put through thetop of the shell at a and connected to the stamp by a screw orotherwise. After the butter has been stamped it can be easily removed bypushing the handle, which, being fastened to the stamp, presses againstthe butter and removes it from the shell. The stamp can then be raisedwith ease, and a smooth, even ball obtained always of the same weiglThese butter-molds are made of various sizes so as to give the exactmeasurementor weight, which cannot be done with the old mode ofconstructing them.

This invention is convenient not only where butter is made or formedinto balls, but in families, when butter is keptin jars or tubs, it canbe formed into balls for the table.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

Thcdescribed butter-mold, when constructed in the mode and manner setforth, as an improved article of manufacture.

JOHN S. B ULLARD.

Witnesses W. H. BURRIDGE, J. HoLMEs.

